BrutX15
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Love does need to step up, and I'll be the first one to admit it as a fan. But the Ryan Anderson comparisons that I see now and then are analytically absurd. Anderson has ridiculously pliable and elastic motor skills (Love moves much more militaristically), can't rebound to save his life, but is a more consistent 3-ball shooter than Love (and that is frankly the only thing he does better than Love; Anderson can barely start, let alone ever have a 20/10 season). People only compare them because they are white stretch fours, but that's about all they have in common.
The comparison isn't entirely their game. The comparison is based more so on their impact and the cost of it. Which is pretty much none while probably on the worst contract in the NBA currently. This will be Love's second team to be "the man." If he doesn't step up in a big way as you mentioned, then the naysayers will be right about him again. There is still a really good shot he is an all-star in the atrocious East again, but it will be an empty accomplishment. Just like his Minny days where it was all stats and nothing to show for it.